Georgetown, KY Public Conduct: Aggressive Panhandling (2026)

Georgetown does not have a separate panhandling chapter with a definition of 'aggressive' conduct. The rule that reaches panhandling in the roadway is Georgetown Code § 28-7, titled 'Solicitation within streets and roads,' in Chapter 28 (Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions), Article I (In General).

Subsection (a) opens with a flat statement that solicitation within streets and roads is prohibited. It then lists the conduct that is barred: a person may not solicit, approach, impede, or otherwise deflect or interfere with motorists' attention, progress, safety, or compliance with traffic control. The section does not turn on a request for money alone. Approaching a driver, impeding a vehicle, or pulling a motorist's attention away from traffic control each fall under the same sentence, so the prohibition covers a person standing at an intersection or median who approaches stopped vehicles.

The section as printed says nothing about solicitation on a sidewalk, in a parking lot, or at a door. Those places are not addressed by § 28-7, and this page does not describe any rule for them. The text is aimed at the street and road itself and at what the solicitor does to motorists there.

Subsection (b) sets the penalty. A person in violation is fined not less than $20.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense, as set out in KRS 189.990, State Penalties. The code adds a State Law reference to KRS 83A.065, the Kentucky statute on penalties for ordinance violations. The section's history note shows it traces to Code 1983 § 10-9 and was adopted or amended by Ord. No. 03-016 on 6-19-2003.

The Georgetown Police Department enforces traffic-related offenses on city streets, and the section applies to anyone within the city limits, whether or not the person lives in Georgetown.